"lifetaker" meaning in All languages combined

See lifetaker on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: lifetakers [plural]
Etymology: From life + taker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|life|taker}} life + taker Head templates: {{en-noun}} lifetaker (plural lifetakers)
  1. A murderer; an assassin.
    Sense id: en-lifetaker-en-noun-imbJ0iY9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "name": "compound"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From life + taker.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lifetakers",
      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 86:",
          "text": "‘I don't know hell's first whisper about you. You might be a lifetaker for all I know.’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A murderer; an assassin."
      ],
      "id": "en-lifetaker-en-noun-imbJ0iY9",
      "links": [
        [
          "murderer",
          "murderer"
        ],
        [
          "assassin",
          "assassin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lifetaker"
}
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From life + taker.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lifetaker (plural lifetakers)",
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
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      ],
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        "A murderer; an assassin."
      ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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